15.4% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bayside · Council (LGA)
Language in Bayside
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language for 81.1% of people in Bayside (Vic.). While more residents have started using other languages at home since 2011, the area is still far less linguistically diverse than the Victorian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. The most common non-English languages are Mandarin, Greek, Italian and Cantonese, while 1.7% of residents speak little or no English.
1.7% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bayside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20910/bayside/topic/language